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through the lens of language through a fascinating new book called articulate white black: obama and race in the u.s. it's co-authored is sammie alen. welcome, professor. >> great to be here. thanks for having me. >> a lot of times the black ways of talking, they keep us from getting a job. how is it that barack obama was able to use them, is able to use them in ways that don't deledge miz him with both audiences? >> that's a really good question. in fact, these ways of speaking almost delegitimatize barack obama at every turn. one of the things we've shown in the book is how no matter what he says, opponents and conservatives continue to racialize his speech as black. we have several cases of this. rush limbaugh over and over on his radio show plays barack obama talking and insisted that he said the word ax or ask and he kep making this insistence over and over again. his speech does get racialized as black, but he mastered quote-unquote white ways of speaking. he has mastered both varieties and can switch between the two, which allows him to be successful. >> we talk about the dive
through the lens of language through a fascinating new book called articulate white black: obama and race in the u.s. it's co-authored is sammie alen. welcome, professor. >> great to be here. thanks for having me. >> a lot of times the black ways of talking, they keep us from getting a job. how is it that barack obama was able to use them, is able to use them in ways that don't deledge miz him with both audiences? >> that's a really good question. in fact, these ways of...
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governor christie meets with president obama this time at the white house, and it is just one of the things we thought you should know. be sure to check out our "news nation" tumblr page. you find behind the scenes pictures, and thank you for checking it out and liking our pictures. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] campbell's green bean casserole. it's amazing what soup can do we believe the more you know, the better you trade. so we have ongoing webinars and interactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more so your money can do more. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our teams have the information you want when you need it. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. [ man thinking ] oh, this gas. those antacids aren't working. oh no, not that, not here! [ male announcer ] antacids don't relieve gas. gas-x is designed to relieve gas. gas-x. the gas xperts. bp has paid overthe people of bp twenty-threeitment to the gulf. billion dollars to help those affe
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the white house. we are joined live from kabul. do we know president karzai's response to that invitt nation it comes at an interesting time he gave a controversial interview blaming the u.s. and nato for some of the problems he sees existing in afghanistan. >> reporter: he blamed some of the insecurity here, in part on u.s. and nato forces, their continued presence, their behavior toward the afghan people and the fact that they are still here. we don't yet know what will come of negotiations that are to be continuing next year, if karzai does, in fact, come to the states while necessary d.c. to meet with president obama. we did receive a statement from a u.s. official today on the invitation from the white house, saying that they hope that the negotiations will continue to lay out the rules of the road for a "potential u.s. military presence after 2014." and that is one of the issues that looms large over any talks between the u.s. and afghan officials these days. we know it was a topic of discussion
the white house. we are joined live from kabul. do we know president karzai's response to that invitt nation it comes at an interesting time he gave a controversial interview blaming the u.s. and nato for some of the problems he sees existing in afghanistan. >> reporter: he blamed some of the insecurity here, in part on u.s. and nato forces, their continued presence, their behavior toward the afghan people and the fact that they are still here. we don't yet know what will come of...
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now that's passed and lynn made a point, the obama white house can use these business leaders including wall street leaders who more than any other contingent of the republican party, wants a big grand barg n bargain. a lot support bowles-simpson and can be an ally to the white house and the white house would like them to be allies in this big fight coming ahead. obama is enough of a pragmatist that i think he recognizes that and he's not going to punish the jamie dimons of the world or anything like that. he wants to enlist them. >> i wonder in terms of dodd/frank, elizabeth warren is going to be in the u.s. senate and i'll read an excerpt from "new york" magazine. obama will probably not morph into a fierce anti-bank reformer who will set out to make wall street life's miserable. that duty will fall to senator elect elizabeth warren. when it comes to treating bank executives as wise statesmen whose council is sought on economic issues a second term obama will feel freer to tune those voices out. the retirement of tim geithner as treasury secretary and who he chooses next. tim geithner
now that's passed and lynn made a point, the obama white house can use these business leaders including wall street leaders who more than any other contingent of the republican party, wants a big grand barg n bargain. a lot support bowles-simpson and can be an ally to the white house and the white house would like them to be allies in this big fight coming ahead. obama is enough of a pragmatist that i think he recognizes that and he's not going to punish the jamie dimons of the world or...
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>> what the white house learned during the first term is that there are some things that work for obama and some things that don't. sitting down at a table with john boehner as essentially equals did not turn out as well as they might have hoped with the debt ceiling talks in 2011. but what did work was that winter when the president went to the country and argued for extending the payroll tax holiday and developed pressure outside of washington, he was a lot more successful. so they have two goals here. one is to keep the pressure coming from outside the beltway and the second is to make sure that this is not a negotiation between the president and boehner, that they want the president essentially floating above this. >> robert, when we talk and i know you had a chance to hear what congresswoman black will to say about trying to find the right balance here, while a majority of americans, say they go completely support raising taxes on wealthier americans, there is also a majority support that says we don't want to see earned benefits messed with, we don't want to see the medicare eligi
>> what the white house learned during the first term is that there are some things that work for obama and some things that don't. sitting down at a table with john boehner as essentially equals did not turn out as well as they might have hoped with the debt ceiling talks in 2011. but what did work was that winter when the president went to the country and argued for extending the payroll tax holiday and developed pressure outside of washington, he was a lot more successful. so they have...
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right now the first lady is on their way back to the white house, knowing it's their home for the next four years. we may see them arrive later this hour. president obama now ows that the american people have voted for his vision, a vision where everyone gets a fair shot. last night, the american people said they stand with the president on his vision of a liberal democratic governance, on taxes, on medicare, on health care. this was an election about the fundamentals of our nation, about what kind of people we want to be. >> that's why elections matter. it's not small. it's big. it's important. democracy in a 300 be noisy an and it necessarily stirs passions, stirs of controversy. that won't change after tonight. and it shouldn't. these arguments we have are a mark of our liberty. c never forget that as we speak, and a chance to argue about the issues that matter, the chance to cast their ballots like we did today. across theurnt tree, americans followed the president's example, and chose to be more open-minded and 32 times before passing, in three states last night, in minnesota, vo
right now the first lady is on their way back to the white house, knowing it's their home for the next four years. we may see them arrive later this hour. president obama now ows that the american people have voted for his vision, a vision where everyone gets a fair shot. last night, the american people said they stand with the president on his vision of a liberal democratic governance, on taxes, on medicare, on health care. this was an election about the fundamentals of our nation, about what...
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at the white house, which bo obama has shown us what it looks like for the holidays, tonight is the first white house christmas party of the season. it's the white house christmas party for members of congress. john boehner, eric cantor, the top house republicans are all there at the white house alongside president obama tonight. and so e.j. dionne, senior fellow, friendliest person in the sunday morning circuit, while those guys are standing over the punch bowl, what should president obama be saying to them to get them to focus on what the country needs? >> i think i might say and do a couple things. i would have two really beautiful leather bound volumes and say to them, merry christmas. these are the county by county returns from the last election bound in this beautiful leather. you might want to study these. it's not 2010 anymore so let's figure out what to do. the second thing i'd say is this is a religious season so we think of religious folks. dear lord, give me chastity, but not yet. that's how you guys are with taxes. you sent me this letter. you say $800 million in taxes from t
at the white house, which bo obama has shown us what it looks like for the holidays, tonight is the first white house christmas party of the season. it's the white house christmas party for members of congress. john boehner, eric cantor, the top house republicans are all there at the white house alongside president obama tonight. and so e.j. dionne, senior fellow, friendliest person in the sunday morning circuit, while those guys are standing over the punch bowl, what should president obama be...
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president obama and mitt romney had their private lunch at the white house. wh
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., you saw that the republicans' offer was immediately dismissed by the white house. president obama, his team of communications advisers saying it's more of the same and won't work. the speaker was not offering to raise taxes on those making 250 or above. that's a big sticking point. if you look at both plans and split the difference and run the math, if you take the 800 billion in revenue that speaker boehner has offered, the 1.6 trillion the white house wants, you split the difference 1.2. if you split the difference on the cuts, you get to 450, 500 billion. numbers that folks on both sides think is feasible in the realm of a large deal. i spoke to a senior republican senator earlier today, and he said, look. we understand that at some point we have to move away from the tax issue and run that out to provide cover with the base. if we could get something back from the president, whether it be something in the lines of a cost of living adjustment for social security, meaningful entitlement cuts and a promise of tax reform in the 2013 year, something tangible to brin
., you saw that the republicans' offer was immediately dismissed by the white house. president obama, his team of communications advisers saying it's more of the same and won't work. the speaker was not offering to raise taxes on those making 250 or above. that's a big sticking point. if you look at both plans and split the difference and run the math, if you take the 800 billion in revenue that speaker boehner has offered, the 1.6 trillion the white house wants, you split the difference 1.2....
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it's all about absorption. >>> from barack obama's white house, the race is officially on. they accuse romney of wanting to return to the failed policies of the past. nbc's mike vicara is live with us at the white house. mike, we keep hearing it. back to the future, back to the future on mitt romney's foreign policy, his economic policy. how common in the white house that this link to the past is going to work with voters? >> it's all about a choice versus a referendum. it's a cliche, but it's true. the obama white house wants to make this a choice between mitt romney and the republican vision about an emphasis on the republican vision because they're going to try to tie that albatross around his neck and they have the poll to back it up. a choice between mitt romney, the republican party, and obama fear the future, not a referendum on the economy, a referendum on what voters say they're disappointed with this president about. when you look at the student loan issue that the president was hitting hard in his travels. do you remember last month when the president was out wes
it's all about absorption. >>> from barack obama's white house, the race is officially on. they accuse romney of wanting to return to the failed policies of the past. nbc's mike vicara is live with us at the white house. mike, we keep hearing it. back to the future, back to the future on mitt romney's foreign policy, his economic policy. how common in the white house that this link to the past is going to work with voters? >> it's all about a choice versus a referendum. it's a...
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speaking in the white house briefing room, president obama condemned congress for failing to resolve its differences in in normal way. he held firm to middle-class tax cuts to families making $250,000 per year. joining me now from the white house is nbc's kristen welker. kristen, let's take a look at what the president said about what he expects from the senate. >> i just had a good discussion from house leadership about how to prevent this on the middle class. i believe we can reach an agreement. if an agreement isn't reached in time between senator reid and sno senator mccollum, i will reach to him. i believe such a proposal could pass both houses with bipartisan majorities as long as the leaders allow it to actually come to a vote. if members of the house or the senate want to vote no, they can. but we should let everybody vote. >> kristen, this up or down vote seems to be the big news of the day. isn't this what the white house wanted all along? >> well, it is and it's president obama's way of saying, look, vote on his basic proposal, the proposal that would extend middle-class t
speaking in the white house briefing room, president obama condemned congress for failing to resolve its differences in in normal way. he held firm to middle-class tax cuts to families making $250,000 per year. joining me now from the white house is nbc's kristen welker. kristen, let's take a look at what the president said about what he expects from the senate. >> i just had a good discussion from house leadership about how to prevent this on the middle class. i believe we can reach an...
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you are looking live at the white house where president obama is scheduled to speak any minute now for the third time since friday's massacre at sandy hook elementary school. he's scheduled to announce vice president joe biden will lead a task force to combat gun violence. obama's announcement will come against the back drop of four funerals and three wakes to be held today for victims of the shooting. the nra announced it will hold a news conference on friday. it's unclear what the group will say or what it will do, but a statement said in part, "the nra is prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again." in recent days, the gun industry has faced pressures. gun makers have seen their stock prices fall and yesterday a major equity firm announced it would sell the company that manufactured the gun alleged used in the shooting by adam lanza. in california, lawmakers introduced legislation to require background checks on anyone who purchases ammunition, and rick snyder vetoed legislation that would have permitted concealed weapons in schools. the pr
you are looking live at the white house where president obama is scheduled to speak any minute now for the third time since friday's massacre at sandy hook elementary school. he's scheduled to announce vice president joe biden will lead a task force to combat gun violence. obama's announcement will come against the back drop of four funerals and three wakes to be held today for victims of the shooting. the nra announced it will hold a news conference on friday. it's unclear what the group will...
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today the white house confirmed president obama will not attend the summit in the russia later this year. if you won't come to my party, i won't come to your party. and endless back and forth. >> can you just imagine this would be like part two where he didn't come to our party and now the we went to his party. you don't respect the united states and american exceptionalism. right now president obama is pretty busy. >> what would mitt romney do in in situation? he has a strong aggressive be position vis-a-vis the russians. would he not go? >> i'm not sure. i think mitt would check in with his second in command yet to be named for a player to be traded. and i think that you know, his position has always been about this kind of strong authoritarian leadership from a head not from behind. so the i tended to believe that he would send a representative. >> maybe he would sind an unmannunma -- sind an unmanned drone to the party. >> some say he is a a a drone. >> former president bill clinton discusses xwofl the importance of respect when talking with foreign leadersen and how he would feel if
today the white house confirmed president obama will not attend the summit in the russia later this year. if you won't come to my party, i won't come to your party. and endless back and forth. >> can you just imagine this would be like part two where he didn't come to our party and now the we went to his party. you don't respect the united states and american exceptionalism. right now president obama is pretty busy. >> what would mitt romney do in in situation? he has a strong...
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this was a bush program, finished off by the obama white house. what's next? ken starr? but this nra vote, that's a big, big deal. it takes jim matheson from utah, makes them walk the plank and puts them in one hell of a position on november 6. it's bad for them. but they'll be able to vote the way they want. >> it's worth noting that jim matheson, as folks have deduced, this is a lot of pressure from the nra. these guys are feeling the heat. jim matheson says this is more about evasiveness and transparency. sadly it seems that it will take holding the attorney general in contempt to communicate that evasiveness is unacceptable. >> i think there's something to that. that's the issue on the overreach. in a sense the republicans did have substantive issues here and they kind of had the administration in the corner but then they went below the belt and you're like why did they do that. >> republicans, look, fast and furious is about brian terry and these hearings are about a potential cover-up. the nra is free to speculate on the motives of eric holder and the department of
this was a bush program, finished off by the obama white house. what's next? ken starr? but this nra vote, that's a big, big deal. it takes jim matheson from utah, makes them walk the plank and puts them in one hell of a position on november 6. it's bad for them. but they'll be able to vote the way they want. >> it's worth noting that jim matheson, as folks have deduced, this is a lot of pressure from the nra. these guys are feeling the heat. jim matheson says this is more about...
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they solely wanted to remove president obama from the white house. but they do have success when you look at congressional real estates. what is the motivation to get, if not a change obviously with the fiscal cliff because these people are there they are not going to resign in the future? >> yes. so their motivation is actually i disagree with representative latourette. they are not martyrs. they want to stay in congress and get re-elected. they are worried about republican primaries. we'll look at tim huelskamp he represents one of the most conservative house districts in the country. this is western rural kansas. so he does not want to be primaried. but, again, i think this is going to take -- it's still very difficult math. i bet if congress comes back in january, democrats are 18 seats short of the majority. so they would need 18 republicans to come over and vote and that's if everyone in the house democratic caucus was on board. so you need about 25 republicans giving some wiggle room to come on board and vote for something. that's hard math. >
they solely wanted to remove president obama from the white house. but they do have success when you look at congressional real estates. what is the motivation to get, if not a change obviously with the fiscal cliff because these people are there they are not going to resign in the future? >> yes. so their motivation is actually i disagree with representative latourette. they are not martyrs. they want to stay in congress and get re-elected. they are worried about republican primaries....
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president obama is back at the white house. his call to congressional leaders seem to have fallen on deaf ears. reid, predicting the country will go over the fiscal cliff and blames it on house speaker john boehner. >> the american people i don't think understand the house of representatives is operating without the house of representatives. it's being operated with a dictatorship of the speaker. john boehner seems to care more about keeping his speakership than about keeping the nation on firm financial footing. >> boehner's office's response? we've done our part. it's the senate democrats fall. but will the speaker call his members back before time runs out? >> at the last moment is the way these things normally happen. i think that can happen again. it just depends on putting egos aside a little bit and putting the best interests of the american people first. >> plus, keeping our kids safe, is arming educators the symptom or adding to the problem. >>> and can anyone beat sko brown? >>> good day. we're live in washington this
president obama is back at the white house. his call to congressional leaders seem to have fallen on deaf ears. reid, predicting the country will go over the fiscal cliff and blames it on house speaker john boehner. >> the american people i don't think understand the house of representatives is operating without the house of representatives. it's being operated with a dictatorship of the speaker. john boehner seems to care more about keeping his speakership than about keeping the nation...
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take a listen. >> the strategy that this white house and his party is employing is a destructive one, that pits americans against each other. rich versus poor. men versus women. >> so do you think the divisive theme is going to be a main message to try to reveal something from the republicans or distract from what is really going on? if people take a hard look at these laws and what's going on around the country, is it easy enough for people to put two plus two equals four and that there is a problem and the ideas are that in affecting women? >> look, all i believe in is telling the people the truth. i didn't start this war on women. i came to fight for all my people, men, women, children, the rest. day after day, day after day, whether it's the violence against women act, whether it's the equal pay act, whether it's zeroing out protective health care for women, this is what's coming from the republicans. marco rubio, bless his heart, he's a new member of the senator, i like with him, i've worked with him on foreign policy issues. the bottom line is, this is a war on women. women are
take a listen. >> the strategy that this white house and his party is employing is a destructive one, that pits americans against each other. rich versus poor. men versus women. >> so do you think the divisive theme is going to be a main message to try to reveal something from the republicans or distract from what is really going on? if people take a hard look at these laws and what's going on around the country, is it easy enough for people to put two plus two equals four and that...
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the concede in the obama white house was these are republicans. on foreign policy, he's been way to the left of president obama. >>> former nebraska senator chuck hagel has been leaked not nominated leaked as a potential nominee for secretary of defense, and there was already a massive counter offensive against him. it does have more substance to it, than the attacks against susan rice. a fair amount of that substance consists of insinuations. the sides are forming, there's the chuck hagel defense corps and the club of very tree ole and assault. what is not happening is sitting back and asking the simple question, would this person make a better defense secretary than the alternatives who are the other people up for the job. would one of them be better? the front-runners for secretary of defense are chuck hagel. there's also michelle florinoid, who is well qualified. also in the running is ashton carter, the current deputy defense secretary. now, defense isn't my issue, but i'd like to know, which of these people would do the best job. we keep ski
the concede in the obama white house was these are republicans. on foreign policy, he's been way to the left of president obama. >>> former nebraska senator chuck hagel has been leaked not nominated leaked as a potential nominee for secretary of defense, and there was already a massive counter offensive against him. it does have more substance to it, than the attacks against susan rice. a fair amount of that substance consists of insinuations. the sides are forming, there's the chuck...
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the recognition comes as the white house confirms to nbc news that assad is more desperate and started using scud missiles. >> we're made a decision that the syrian opposition coalition is now inclusive enough, is reflective and representative enough of the syrian population that we consider them the legitimate representative of the syrian people. >> joining me now, deputy editor bobby gauch. does this provide help to the rebels? >> it is not yet clear. the united states did not say it will provide arms. it opens the door wider and the u.s. is coming late to this party. a number of other allies of the united states have given recognition and giving them arms and assistance. the u.s. is among the last reported stamp of approval. >> what are do you think the approval was meat at this point? part the united states has had concern fist are a long time that among the many groups, some have close ties to al qaeda and the obama administration didn't want to give the recognition to that particular group. in recent days, they have identified one group and put that down on the terror list and to
the recognition comes as the white house confirms to nbc news that assad is more desperate and started using scud missiles. >> we're made a decision that the syrian opposition coalition is now inclusive enough, is reflective and representative enough of the syrian population that we consider them the legitimate representative of the syrian people. >> joining me now, deputy editor bobby gauch. does this provide help to the rebels? >> it is not yet clear. the united states did...
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there is a new open, relaxation by the obama white house, of some of the travel rules so tourists groups culturally connected can come, we've met with students and interviewed them here. but this was a crackdown during the george w. bush white house and of course i'm told the -- until congress lifts the helms burton law put in place under bill clinton after a terrible incident where cuba shot down some miami jets from brothers to the rescue and anti-castro incursion against their airspace shout down by migs, after that congress incorporated the trade embargo so it cannot be lifted by executive action by any new white house, and that's the main impediment. as long as you have very strong cuban-american members of congress in both the house and the senate, democrat and republican, that is not likely to change. >> andrea, a fascinating city and a fascinating time for cubans and cuban-americans and americans and cubans. it is a great pleasure to speak with you. thank you for your time. andrea will be back at top of the hour with "andrea mitchell reports" here on msnbc. coming up, linsanity m
there is a new open, relaxation by the obama white house, of some of the travel rules so tourists groups culturally connected can come, we've met with students and interviewed them here. but this was a crackdown during the george w. bush white house and of course i'm told the -- until congress lifts the helms burton law put in place under bill clinton after a terrible incident where cuba shot down some miami jets from brothers to the rescue and anti-castro incursion against their airspace shout...
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democrats on the hill, president obama did win this election. he does feel as though he has leverage. he ran on a platform of increasing taxes for wealthier americans. and on top of that there's a lot of pressure to get something done. because if lawmakers and the president can't come to a deal, if we get deep into 2013, econo into a recession. you could see the unemployment rate go back up to 9%. i think there's a lot of pressure to get something done and all of the parties involved are hoping they will be able to by the january 1st deadline. >> kristen wker from the white house. thank you so much. appreciate that. >> thanks, craig. >> joined now byb. stoddard and bob franken. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having us. >> let me start with you, some people say the president clearly has the upper hand in these negotiations, is that true? >> not entirely. i think what kristen said is true that polling shows that most americans agree a pretty strong majority agrees that the wealthy need to pay more taxes and so that president obama is goin
democrats on the hill, president obama did win this election. he does feel as though he has leverage. he ran on a platform of increasing taxes for wealthier americans. and on top of that there's a lot of pressure to get something done. because if lawmakers and the president can't come to a deal, if we get deep into 2013, econo into a recession. you could see the unemployment rate go back up to 9%. i think there's a lot of pressure to get something done and all of the parties involved are hoping...
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president obama doesn't have any specific plans that the white house is reading out to talk to congressional leaders, but they say he will remain in contact with him in the coming days. >> kristen welker at the white house. thank you vyou very much. now to governor ed rendell. the optics of the president in the burbs is interesting. why did he choose the suburbs for this fight? >> these are traditional swing voter, voters who decide elections in pennsylvania. right now pennsylvania statewide elections are decided in the philadelphia suburbs. they're a decent demographic. not by any means poor people, but not rich people. they are the heart of the middle class, spexactly who the presidt is talking to. >> let's talk more about this proposal by the president. i want to just play a quick clip from harry reid from earlier in the week. here's what he had to say. >> remember we've already done more than a billion dollars worth of cuts. we've already done that. so we need to get credit for that and these negotiations that take place. >> so democrats want credit for cutting a billion dollars when --
president obama doesn't have any specific plans that the white house is reading out to talk to congressional leaders, but they say he will remain in contact with him in the coming days. >> kristen welker at the white house. thank you vyou very much. now to governor ed rendell. the optics of the president in the burbs is interesting. why did he choose the suburbs for this fight? >> these are traditional swing voter, voters who decide elections in pennsylvania. right now pennsylvania...
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president obama got the third spot with his you didn't build that. >>> a petition on the white house website called for congress and the president to forfeit their pay and health care benefits until the fiscal cliff crisis is resolved. the petition has gotten more than 11,000 signatures but 25,000 are needed to get a white house response. >>> president obama will have a private swearing in from justice john roberts on sunday, january 20th. the next day will be the official ceremony and the president's inauguration has decided to start accepting corporate and private donations this time to help play for the parade, the balls, all those other events. >>> west virginia senator joe manson upset about a new reality tv show. he has written a letter to mtv demanding it be canceled. some are calling it the "jersey shore" of appalacia. >> y'all want to swim? >> for young, free and wild. >> that's wild. okay. that's going to do it for your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> the fedex kufl and the best and cheapest travel days of the years coming up. >>> plus, new details surrounding the d
president obama got the third spot with his you didn't build that. >>> a petition on the white house website called for congress and the president to forfeit their pay and health care benefits until the fiscal cliff crisis is resolved. the petition has gotten more than 11,000 signatures but 25,000 are needed to get a white house response. >>> president obama will have a private swearing in from justice john roberts on sunday, january 20th. the next day will be the official...
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one of the theories he proposed is to get more leverage over the white house and president obama and if the house is able to pass that, they would say we have you cornered on extending the tax cuts and we might be able to sweeten the deal for house republicans. the president bush for john baner is it's not clear. he has the votes to pass that. almost all democrats are opposed to that on party principal. you have seen republican groups like heritage action and club for growth recommend a no vote on plan b. it's a big question whether john boehner has 218 votes to get the back up plan passed through the house. >> the plan b for people who are not familiar would raise taxes on incomes above $1 million, but does nothing to deal with the across the board spending cuts known as the sequester which we talked so much about, entitlement spending and provisions that the president brought up today. he pointed out laj cally the plan makes no sense when you look at what the republicans said they want to do, particularly attack spending cuts and spending in the country and does not address that. >
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it was a move widely considered a victory for democrats and the white house. president obama is reviving this to the people strategy in advantage of the upcoming fight over the so-called fiscal cliff. right now, the president is meeting with progressive leaders and heads of several labor organizations urging them to support a balanced plan to bring down the deficit. tomorrow, he will host business leaders at the white house and in the coming weeks he is expected to hit the trail with the very same message. joining the package now is ashley parker of the "new york times." thank you for coming on board. >> thank you for having me. >> before we get to you, steve we have been talking about this road tested strategy, which worked very well for the president in 2011. it seems like he has realized to get things done in washington you have to get out, take it out to the folks in america, you have to use the bullypull pit and then be do the back room negotiations with the republicans and make them fight for it. >> i think that was the strategy for the white house from
it was a move widely considered a victory for democrats and the white house. president obama is reviving this to the people strategy in advantage of the upcoming fight over the so-called fiscal cliff. right now, the president is meeting with progressive leaders and heads of several labor organizations urging them to support a balanced plan to bring down the deficit. tomorrow, he will host business leaders at the white house and in the coming weeks he is expected to hit the trail with the very...
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what do we make of this and also the fact that russia has been helpful according to the white house, very helpful, be in trying to persuade syria that this is a red line syria should not cross? >> the noose is tightening. the russians understand the arc on assad is moving south quickly. the turks have finally requested at least defensive patriot batteries, probably patriot batteries designed to deal with missiles rather than aircraft. should they be anti-aircraft patriots you could see an offensive capacity and capability. the rebels in syria are gaining force, maybe a little more coherens to their opposition and against the backdrop of all of this you have another -- yet another report of the prospects of agents being mixed with respect to chemical weapons capacity. i think this is the red line. it's a nightmarish scenario because it would force some sort of military intervention should these chemical weapons and their deployed either artillery shells or cones, the syrians have hundreds, sarin gas, maybe various nerve agents. the united states or nato would have to intercede eater f
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worth noting john mccain tweeted a few minutes ago if there wasn't a problem in the obama white house why did secretary gates tell the national security adviser to shut the f up? >> step back and look at the obama administration came in promising to be the most transparent ever. if they wanted to keep it all secret they could have done that. instead tried to maximize, rolled out the red carpet for all reporters to give them these leaks and waging a war on whistle-blowers. to be totally clear, i'm a big fan of leaks, give it to me at buzz feed. keep it coming. >> give you a call. i don't know. i think there are two things to unpack here. one is the bin laden thing which clearly getting mileage from that. no administration is immune to wanting that. the cyber warfare thing is a totally different ball of ax, as is the kill list. what i thought was interesting is mccain is saying, of course the white house wants to paint the commander in chief as sitting there steely eyed making the decisions. i actually think that the white house probably didn't like at at all, the notion that the presid
worth noting john mccain tweeted a few minutes ago if there wasn't a problem in the obama white house why did secretary gates tell the national security adviser to shut the f up? >> step back and look at the obama administration came in promising to be the most transparent ever. if they wanted to keep it all secret they could have done that. instead tried to maximize, rolled out the red carpet for all reporters to give them these leaks and waging a war on whistle-blowers. to be totally...
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it was accompanied by this picture of him taken at the white house with his voter registration form. i'm joined now by former florida republican governor, democrat, charlie crist. gov new york city i will always call you governor. it may be more appropriate some day, but it's an honor to have you on this show. i just happened to hilt you up with a hardball question. peter freeman said you sat at his table, not too long ago, his breakfast table. and you said i am a ronald reagan republican. were you then -- are you now so changed that that's not true? >> i think the party has changed is what's really happened. i think regan is a great kparm. my friend, jeb bush, said not long ago, that ronald reagan would probably not be successful in today's republican party. that tells you everything you need to know. and i think it's the leadership of the party more than the membership. what's happened on issue after issue, and you know this better than i do. whether it's immigration, education, voter suppression, what the leadership has done is, say on immigration, we want deportation. when it tal
it was accompanied by this picture of him taken at the white house with his voter registration form. i'm joined now by former florida republican governor, democrat, charlie crist. gov new york city i will always call you governor. it may be more appropriate some day, but it's an honor to have you on this show. i just happened to hilt you up with a hardball question. peter freeman said you sat at his table, not too long ago, his breakfast table. and you said i am a ronald reagan republican. were...
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how are those behind the scenes talks going between president obama and the speaker? >> i want people to know that the president and i met on sunday. it was a nice meeting. it was cordal. we're still waiting for the white house to identify what spending cuts the president is willing to make as part of the balanced approach that he promised the american people. you know, where are the president's spending cuts? >> flash point, syria. has assad backed off his chemical weapons threat? >> we haven't seen anything new for aggressive steps to move forward in that way. >> and hair envy. what will harry reid miss most about retired senator ben nelson? >> he had a lot of real hair. it's often that people call his office -- they believe he has a toupe. it's his hair. he will pull it for every time just to show you that it's real. i mean, he has hair like a 15-year-old, mr. president, and so i have to acknowledge i am a little envious of his hair. ♪ i want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy ♪ >> you wonder why we don't have a budget deal yet. good day. i'm andrea mitchell live
how are those behind the scenes talks going between president obama and the speaker? >> i want people to know that the president and i met on sunday. it was a nice meeting. it was cordal. we're still waiting for the white house to identify what spending cuts the president is willing to make as part of the balanced approach that he promised the american people. you know, where are the president's spending cuts? >> flash point, syria. has assad backed off his chemical weapons threat?...
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all along we thought it would be between the obama white house and house speaker john boehner and there was a logic behind that. because getting legislation out of the house is the trickier part of crafting any type of deal. but with the house saying look, we need the senate to do something, the last ditch effort is occurring in the senate right now. i spoke to staffers close to senator mcconnell that said there was optimism on their side yesterday, including from their boss, senator minority leader mitch mcconnell to get a deal. of course, any kind of word in reading from the members themselves will not come until tomorrow, but it's both chris and luke that said in the segment before mine, there is a sense that what might have been optimism yesterday does not exist today. of course, that is what always goes on when you have negotiations. we will see what happens tomorrow. tomorrow will be a very big day. >> the optimism seems to be waning. what does john boehner do if mitch mcconnell and harry reed come to an agreement? >> that is the question if something is done on the senate side, c
all along we thought it would be between the obama white house and house speaker john boehner and there was a logic behind that. because getting legislation out of the house is the trickier part of crafting any type of deal. but with the house saying look, we need the senate to do something, the last ditch effort is occurring in the senate right now. i spoke to staffers close to senator mcconnell that said there was optimism on their side yesterday, including from their boss, senator minority...
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. >> you know, helene, the obama white house, they love this. because they sit there and say, see, these guys don't want govern and frankly when you're watching this, it's not the debt ceiling, but it's the same conversation. which is these tea party conservatives are going wait a minute, we weren't sent here to do business as usual. you're trying to tell us to do business as usual. they're like, no, no, this is different. bridges will crumble if you don't do this. >> they're not sent there -- they believe they weren't sent there to do business as usual, but yet this is the lowest approval ratings for a congress because of the gridlock over the past two years. it does play into the obama narrative. he's going around the country now and saying pass this jobs bill, pass this energy bill, pass this, pass this, pass this and he can then campaign and turn around during the general election and say, look, i proposed this, i tried this, and they won't, you know -- congress isn't doing it. >> no conspiracy, because you worked at transportation, clearly,
. >> you know, helene, the obama white house, they love this. because they sit there and say, see, these guys don't want govern and frankly when you're watching this, it's not the debt ceiling, but it's the same conversation. which is these tea party conservatives are going wait a minute, we weren't sent here to do business as usual. you're trying to tell us to do business as usual. they're like, no, no, this is different. bridges will crumble if you don't do this. >> they're not...
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it was co-authored by a member of the obama white house, someone who was part of the white house economic team. >> well, the other half he didn't tell you was it was also co-authored by a bush veteran. and president obama called out the romney campaign criticism. let's listen to the president here. >> first they said well it's a liberal organization. despite the fact it's headed by an economist who worked for george bush. then they said that the study failed to fully take into account the massive economic boom that would come from cutting taxes on the wealthiest americans and the biggest corporations. because we all know how well that worked out the last time we tried it. >> there it is again. it's always been proven wrong. but bobby, you start here. they want to make the case they cut the taxes for the rich somehow the poor benefit. it's trickle down. absolutely in our face. give a bigger break to the guy with the money and somehow the peons will do better. go ahead. that's what they've been selling since reagan. >> steve and i will disagree on the merits of this, but the reagan thing in
it was co-authored by a member of the obama white house, someone who was part of the white house economic team. >> well, the other half he didn't tell you was it was also co-authored by a bush veteran. and president obama called out the romney campaign criticism. let's listen to the president here. >> first they said well it's a liberal organization. despite the fact it's headed by an economist who worked for george bush. then they said that the study failed to fully take into...
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test. >>> in the fiscal battle with democrats and the obama white house. first read then asks, what does a smart poker player usually do when holding a bad hand? you fold to live another day. nbc news senior political editor mark murray, a gambler as i hear. you're a texan. we all gamble. what would be the next logical hand? because it seems today a lot of republicans are saying let's get the bush tax cut issue dealt with and then wait until next year and would that be something that the democrats and the president would embrace? >> well, this is all about gaining maximum leverage and the better leverage of republicans right now to delay the bigger battle in to february when the debt ceiling would have to be increased. as youç mentioned, essentially acquiesing to the democrats and the white house for those making $250,000 and less and let's have the bigger battle when it comes to raising the debt ceiling. president obama essentially today said he's not willing to play that game. noting what happened in 2011 with the u.s. hurting its credit rating, just t
test. >>> in the fiscal battle with democrats and the obama white house. first read then asks, what does a smart poker player usually do when holding a bad hand? you fold to live another day. nbc news senior political editor mark murray, a gambler as i hear. you're a texan. we all gamble. what would be the next logical hand? because it seems today a lot of republicans are saying let's get the bush tax cut issue dealt with and then wait until next year and would that be something that...
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similarly there's what they made against the latest attack against the obama white house. the romney campaign is accusing president obama's campaign manager now of improperly using a personal e-mail address for white house business. this is a new attack they have not made before. on the plus side of this attack is that this is definitely not about mitt romney's tax returns. it's not about anybody's tax returns. thap is a plus for the romney campaign in deciding whether or not to use this. always going on offense. that's good. they're trying to turn the page. and it's about mr. obama's campaign manager who's an anonymous guy who doesn't get attacked. maybe they think that will rattle him and thereby rattle and hurt the campaign. those must be things the romney campaign is thinking they stand to gain from launching this attack. those are all pluses. on the minus side, bringing up the idea of hiding your e-mails if you're the romney campaign does run the risk of reminding people he's the guy whose top aides bought their government hard drives at the end of his term as governo
similarly there's what they made against the latest attack against the obama white house. the romney campaign is accusing president obama's campaign manager now of improperly using a personal e-mail address for white house business. this is a new attack they have not made before. on the plus side of this attack is that this is definitely not about mitt romney's tax returns. it's not about anybody's tax returns. thap is a plus for the romney campaign in deciding whether or not to use this....
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white house people say that obama refuses to negotiate and he believes that the public is behind him, but it is not a compelling argument no the house republica republican, and that is the huge danger that people are focusing on which is the debt limit, because it is not part of the discussions, and that means we will go through it again in 60 or 90 days. >> thank you, josh green from bloomberg business. that is "hardball" for now, and coming up next is "your business" with jj ramberg. that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. see what's new from campbell's. progressive direct and other car insurance companies? yes. but you're progressive, and they're them. yes. but they're here. yes. are you...? there? yes. no. are you them? i'm me. but those rates are for... them. so them are here. yes! you want to run through it again? no, i'm good. you got it? yes. rates for us and them -- now that's progressive. call or click today.
white house people say that obama refuses to negotiate and he believes that the public is behind him, but it is not a compelling argument no the house republica republican, and that is the huge danger that people are focusing on which is the debt limit, because it is not part of the discussions, and that means we will go through it again in 60 or 90 days. >> thank you, josh green from bloomberg business. that is "hardball" for now, and coming up next is "your business"...
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this morning president obama is expected to announce that vice president joe biden will spearhead his administration's response to the newtown shooting. the president is not expected to go into detail on policy decisions, but yesterday the white house hinted at what new legislation might look like. >> he is actively supportive of, for example, senator feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban. he supports and would support legislation that addresses the problem of the so-called gun show loophole. and there are other elements of gun legislation that he could support. people talked about high-capacity ammunition clips for example. that's something that certainly he would be interested in looking at. >> the national rifle association has broken its silence issuing a statement reading in part "the nra is prepared to offer meaningful contributions to make sure this never happens again." the organization has planned what it describes as a major news conference for the end of the week. >>> also some leading retailers are taking ac
this morning president obama is expected to announce that vice president joe biden will spearhead his administration's response to the newtown shooting. the president is not expected to go into detail on policy decisions, but yesterday the white house hinted at what new legislation might look like. >> he is actively supportive of, for example, senator feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban. he supports and would support...
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antiabortion groups says obama white house screams unborn babies. said antiabortion group, the director of the white house office shafer today gives detailed instructions on how to register an unborn child, a baby that has not been born as shafer to arrange white house tours. quotes are saying crazy as it must sound you must include the baby in the overall tour. conservative website funded by rick santorum's billionaire foster freeze. white house: abortion okay but visitor must register unborn children. also the washington examiner started its piece by saying you can't make this stuff up. actually, yes, you can. politifact did the calling on this. they got the following response from a spokesperson from the secret service. quote, this refers to a pregnant woman providing information for a tour in the future that will include the new family member. so, for example, when a 7 month pregnant woman is providing information for a tour that is four months in the future there is a place holder for the new baby. so the white house visitor's office is not in
antiabortion groups says obama white house screams unborn babies. said antiabortion group, the director of the white house office shafer today gives detailed instructions on how to register an unborn child, a baby that has not been born as shafer to arrange white house tours. quotes are saying crazy as it must sound you must include the baby in the overall tour. conservative website funded by rick santorum's billionaire foster freeze. white house: abortion okay but visitor must register unborn...
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term will have been wasted on something that did not help the american people. >> politico's white house reporter josh gerstein and dallal lith which can a senior editor at slate. josh, you say the odds are chief justice roberts will shape history with his view of the decision. why do you think it is and what do you think that means? >> that's just a guess based on the fact that he didn't present any of the majority opinions for the last couple months of arguments at the court. so he would seem to be the next person up. also a lot of people thought from the beginning that the chief justice would write the opinion majority opinion either way on the health care case because he's shown some interest in trying to craft opinions that either can get a consensus or near consensus viewpoint or maybe to try to in some cases narrow them a little bit. so there's a little bit less infighting and maybe a little bit less dramatic effect. >> dahlia, you know the court. you know the personalities really well. so much of the speculation about this has boiled down to psychoanalysis. and really specificall
term will have been wasted on something that did not help the american people. >> politico's white house reporter josh gerstein and dallal lith which can a senior editor at slate. josh, you say the odds are chief justice roberts will shape history with his view of the decision. why do you think it is and what do you think that means? >> that's just a guess based on the fact that he didn't present any of the majority opinions for the last couple months of arguments at the court. so...
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, the white house, congressional democrats, want to go over the fiscal cliff because they believe that it is more politically advantageous for them to do so. is that a sentiment you agree with or not? >> i believe that the president and the democrats see a political victory at the bottom of the fiscal cliff. i see financial problems for our country at the bottom of the fiscal cliff with unemployment over 9%, and another recession. i think -- i want to find a solution working with people on both sides of the aisle but when you have howard dean, the former chairman of the democratic national committee, you have patty murray, who ran the democratic senatorial committee encouraging going over the cliff i think it's irresponsible. i think we ought to have the president sitting down with john boehner, finding solutions that can, one, pass the house, and, two, be signed by the president, and i believe if you find that solution, it will pass the senate. >> senator john barrasso, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> next on "andrea mitchell reports" -- as the house heads home, are democrat
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as the obama campaign and obama white house, do you think they have found the right balance on messaging about their millionaire friends who are willing to pay more? >> they're certainly more successful than they were during the debt negotiations in the summer of 2011. some democrats are saying, it's okay, we can go over the fiscal cliff, things will be easier for us that way. i'm not sure if that's true when you look at the president. the president has such a rare chance here. the debt ceiling crisis was the nadear of the obama administration. he had come to washington to unify the city and yet he couldn't get republicans and democrats to sit down and agree to a common sense agreement. he has the chance to do that now. there is a developing consensus to raise taxes in washington. that is so rare, it hasn't happened in decades. for the president, i think he has to make good on that opportunity. >> right. and you think the time is now. >> i just don't see how going -- first of all, more importantly going over the fiscal cliff could hurt a lot of americans. but i think it could also hurt t
as the obama campaign and obama white house, do you think they have found the right balance on messaging about their millionaire friends who are willing to pay more? >> they're certainly more successful than they were during the debt negotiations in the summer of 2011. some democrats are saying, it's okay, we can go over the fiscal cliff, things will be easier for us that way. i'm not sure if that's true when you look at the president. the president has such a rare chance here. the debt...
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president obama and speaker boehner. they had a weekend rendezvous at the white house. taxes, spending cuts. >>> i'm susan in for s.e. today. michigan's governor driving the motor city in to a fight over the unions. why's the president playing backseat driver? >>> i'm steve kornacki. there's outrage maybe even criminal charges coming in that death of the nurse in england. wait a minute. are we being too hard on the pranksters? >> i'm krystal ball. in to the holiday spiritual. our friend is back at the table with tips to dare we say it enjoy the season? >>> all and that a federal case of it. why when it comes to gay marriage the train can't be stop. neither can we. it's "the cycle" and it's monday, december 10th. >>> it's monday, fun day here at "the cycle." let's get the party started. where will it land today? fiscal cliff? huh. so much for fun. well you know what? we at "the cycle" can make it fun. look at this. the president living it up in motown last hour calling on republicans to stop being party poopers. >> i believe america only succeeds and thrives when we've g
president obama and speaker boehner. they had a weekend rendezvous at the white house. taxes, spending cuts. >>> i'm susan in for s.e. today. michigan's governor driving the motor city in to a fight over the unions. why's the president playing backseat driver? >>> i'm steve kornacki. there's outrage maybe even criminal charges coming in that death of the nurse in england. wait a minute. are we being too hard on the pranksters? >> i'm krystal ball. in to the holiday...
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the real reasonable a considerable portion of my party wants president obama out of the white house has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competent, his commander in chief, and everything to do with the color of his skin. >> there's a lot to unpack. let's start with the fox crew. what do you think? >> watching them just freak out, it's -- you know, ed, it's touching. i feel sorry for them. i almost want to cry, but i think i'm going to manage to restrain myself. at least bill o'reilly had the guts to say what they mean, which is that, you know, we are shocked and amazed that white mime don't get to run every single thing anymore, and we're error filled by that. you know, if he actually looks as demographic trends in this country, he will just have conniptions and the vapors and just pass dead away. so let's hope he never gets to see those figures. you know, he takes absolutely the wrong lesson from the debacle that republicans suffered. the lesson he takes is all these dusky interlopers, all they want is stuff. that's absolutely not true. that's abs
the real reasonable a considerable portion of my party wants president obama out of the white house has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competent, his commander in chief, and everything to do with the color of his skin. >> there's a lot to unpack. let's start with the fox crew. what do you think? >> watching them just freak out, it's -- you know, ed, it's touching. i feel sorry for them. i almost want to cry, but i think i'm going to manage to...
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less generous benefits formula and cutting benefits long term and been floated and what this is is obama and the white house have ruled out invoking the 14th amendment aez a work around of not giving the republicans leverage on the debt ceiling and decided to roll a debt ceiling extension in to the fiscal cliff deal whatever they end up striking here and seems to me acknowledging republicans have leverage with cpi and talking about raising the medicare age. my question to you as a progressive is, republicans want something big. is there any big concessions you can see acceptable? >> new york city i really can't. and the kind of things we are talking about, even if they're not -- may not be acceptable to me ever but talking about a version of the changed cpi, the president already said social security is off the table because it is not driving the deficit. that's kind of weird. changes to medicare eligibility again or changes to medicare payments or whatever, it's really complicated to negotiate but i have to say i agree with you, steve. i'm -- i wish that the president hadn't taken the 1
less generous benefits formula and cutting benefits long term and been floated and what this is is obama and the white house have ruled out invoking the 14th amendment aez a work around of not giving the republicans leverage on the debt ceiling and decided to roll a debt ceiling extension in to the fiscal cliff deal whatever they end up striking here and seems to me acknowledging republicans have leverage with cpi and talking about raising the medicare age. my question to you as a progressive...
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vice president biden also here at the white house. he can of course be an incredibly important player in this entire process. president obama's strategy has to some extent been to wage a public campaign putting the pressure on congress to get something done during that exclusive interview earlier today you heard the president accuse republicans of being solely focused on protecting the taxes of wealthier americans. of course, president obama wants to see the bush era tax cuts extended for those making $250,000 or less while letting it raise on those making more than that. that $250,000 figure is up for debate and is up for compromise. i can tell you that republican leaders on the hill fired back saying he was more interested on assigning blame than getting something done and leading while they are trying to hammer out a deal. that is where things stand right now at the white house. clearly watching these developments quite closely. >> kristen welker, thank you. we will be checking back throughout the afternoon, as well. nchlts for mor
vice president biden also here at the white house. he can of course be an incredibly important player in this entire process. president obama's strategy has to some extent been to wage a public campaign putting the pressure on congress to get something done during that exclusive interview earlier today you heard the president accuse republicans of being solely focused on protecting the taxes of wealthier americans. of course, president obama wants to see the bush era tax cuts extended for those...
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. >> you can see the politics how it worked for the white house in one exchange today. mitt romney attacking this appointment and obama campaign saying you would say that you wall street pig. to put romney in the position of having to come down against the appointment of someone who will head the consumer financial protection office is right where they want to put him. it makes him -- the punch and counterpunch was planned in advance and it's all about defining romney as a creature of wall street. on the substance though, michael, the republicans have been ridiculous in this issue, refusing to vote. if they -- if you don't want this guy, take a vote and vote him down. the republicans don't have the vote to vote him down so we're in this ridiculous -- >> it's not just cordray, but they are holding a judicial nominations -- >> don't sit there and act like this is something new. do you know how many of president bush's were held up by the democrats. >> fair enough. >> this is bifurcated view of history, republicans are in the position to do the same thing the democrats hav
. >> you can see the politics how it worked for the white house in one exchange today. mitt romney attacking this appointment and obama campaign saying you would say that you wall street pig. to put romney in the position of having to come down against the appointment of someone who will head the consumer financial protection office is right where they want to put him. it makes him -- the punch and counterpunch was planned in advance and it's all about defining romney as a creature of...
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. >> i talk to the white house quite often, i'm a surrogate. the sexy stuff played over and over is this negative stuff. and i listen to obama and i have surrogate notes here. >> by the way, here he is, i fire people too just like romney does. >> this is not about what happened to bain capital. i reduced the employees in my city 25%. it was the only way we would survive. call me a job cutter if you want. >> eugene, i heard you, i have been doing this for 24 hours. every point he went surgically and took out the obama argument. >> yeah, if i were in the obama campaign, i would have out my list of surrogates. the list of people that get surrogate notes. and i would be calling them saying do you agree with the central point of the campaign. will you support it or trash it? but if i were that obama campaign person, and i wanted to tell myself a story that reassured myself and others, what i would say is this. i would say, as long as the conversation, there was a big thing and whatever, but as long as the conversation is about bain and his suitabili
. >> i talk to the white house quite often, i'm a surrogate. the sexy stuff played over and over is this negative stuff. and i listen to obama and i have surrogate notes here. >> by the way, here he is, i fire people too just like romney does. >> this is not about what happened to bain capital. i reduced the employees in my city 25%. it was the only way we would survive. call me a job cutter if you want. >> eugene, i heard you, i have been doing this for 24 hours. every...